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As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep within the oceans of the world these days, they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built and for which their crews were trained over the last forty years.(A) they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built(B) the missions they increasingly engage in are far different than the tasks they were built for(C) they engage increasingly in missions that differ significantly from the tasks they were built for(D) the missions they engage in are increasingly different than the tasks for which they were built(E) they increasingly engage in missions far different than the tasks for which they were built

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As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep within the oceans of the world these days, they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built and for which their crews were trained over the last forty years.

They = submarines => passive. Parallelism => for which... and for which.....

(A) they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were builtCorrect(B) the missions they increasingly engage in are far different than the tasks they were built forNot parallel(C) they engage increasingly in missions that differ significantly from the tasks they were built forNot parallel(D) the missions they engage in are increasingly different than the tasks for which they were builtdifferent from => idioms(E) they increasingly engage in missions far different than the tasks for which they were builtdifferent than =>idioms + active.
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18 Oct 2013, 10:02

monir6000 wrote:

As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep within the oceans of the world these days, they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built and for which their crews were trained over the last forty years.(A) they increasingly are engaged in missions far different from the tasks for which they were built(B) the missions they increasingly engage in are far different than the tasks they were built for(C) they engage increasingly in missions that differ significantly from the tasks they were built for(D) the missions they engage in are increasingly different than the tasks for which they were built(E) they increasingly engage in missions far different than the tasks for which they were built

Please take a time to properly underline the sentences. It is very hard to tell especially in questions such as these one.Let's make this work, all together!

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08 Feb 2014, 13:33

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Two things: First 'different from' is correct idiom 'Different than' is wrong. Second, the missions they are engaged with is different to saying that they engage in missions. Of course submarines themselves CAN'T engage in missions.

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